In What Ways Are The Six Basic Principles Embedded In The United States
Plan of Investigation The United States Constitution was America’s plan to maintain a more seamless union. Written in the Constitution are the six basic principles. This investigation will attempt to answer the question: In what ways are the six basic principles embedded in the United States Constitution? One issue I will be addressing is the significance and history behind the Constitution. Another issue that will be observed is the meaning of the six basic principles. This investigation will provide me with the knowledge I need to understand how the Constitution exemplifies the six basic principles. Sources that will be used are the Constitution and the Federalist Papers which are essays that promote the ratification of the Constitution.
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It shows that each branch of government, the legislative, the executive, and the judicial, all have their own designated powers. In the Constitution, articles one, two and three explain the job of each branch: the legislative creates laws while the judicial branch deduces them and the executive branch enforces the laws (Annenberg Classroom). These three branches are to uphold their own powers and are prohibited from taking on the tasks of the others. In Federalist No. 47 James Madison writes, “In the constitution of Georgia, where it is declared ‘that the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments shall be separate and distinct, so that neither exercise the powers properly belonging to each other’” (The Avalon Project Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy). If all three branches administer to their own powers, no specific branch would overrule the other. The fourth basic principle is Checks and Balances which means that the three branches of government are equal and no more important than the other. Checks and Balances is embedded in the Constitution under the same articles as Separation of Powers. In Federalist No. 51, James Madison expresses, “. . . the goal is always to divide and arrange each department in such a way that each acts as a check on the other” (Beck 135).This signifies the idea that even though all branches of government have their own powers, they operate as a whole to support the
It shows that each branch of government, the legislative, the executive, and the judicial, all have their own designated powers. In the Constitution, articles one, two and three explain the job of each branch: the legislative creates laws while the judicial branch deduces them and the executive branch enforces the laws (Annenberg Classroom). These three branches are to uphold their own powers and are prohibited from taking on the tasks of the others. In Federalist No. 47 James Madison writes, “In the constitution of Georgia, where it is declared ‘that the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments shall be separate and distinct, so that neither exercise the powers properly belonging to each other’” (The Avalon Project Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy). If all three branches administer to their own powers, no specific branch would overrule the other. The fourth basic principle is Checks and Balances which means that the three branches of government are equal and no more important than the other. Checks and Balances is embedded in the Constitution under the same articles as Separation of Powers. In Federalist No. 51, James Madison expresses, “. . . the goal is always to divide and arrange each department in such a way that each acts as a check on the other” (Beck 135).This signifies the idea that even though all branches of government have their own powers, they operate as a whole to support the